Natural Disaster Writing Persuasive Reasons

Two hands each hold an alligator clip test lead. The clips are attached to a graphite pencil lead. On the table below the hands, the other end of the test leads connect to a lit E10 light, the rest of the circuit can not be seen.
Phenomena: Natural Disasters in Oregon

The students will watch videos connecting to past natural disaster events in Oregon to see the different phenomena that occurred during these disasters.

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Learning Goals:

  1. Students will write proper reasons on how to stay away from power lines.
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Handouts

  • Student Graphic Organizer or Writing Journal

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Lesson 3 of 5 / Time: 1 period

Students will learn about writing fact backed reasons when writing to persuade the reader to be safe around storm damaged power lines. This language arts lesson builds on the previous lessons in this unit and corresponding electrical conductivity lessons in science.

Natural Disasters Persuasive Writing

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